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Reds
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
August 21, 1969
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds, played on August 21, 1969 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 21, 1969 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 21, 1969 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Merritt |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Nelson Briles |
| Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 24,836 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 19 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tony Venzon 1B: Frank Secory 2B: Satch Davidson 3B: Paul Pryor |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Rose | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Tolan | Center Fielder |
| Alex Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Tony Perez | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Bench | Catcher |
| Lee May | First Baseman |
| Jimmy Stewart | Second Baseman |
| Woody Woodward | Shortstop |
| Jim Merritt | Pitcher |
| Dave Bristol | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Brock | Left Fielder |
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Vada Pinson | Right Fielder |
| Joe Torre | First Baseman |
| Mike Shannon | Third Baseman |
| Tim McCarver | Catcher |
| Phil Gagliano | Second Baseman |
| Dal Maxvill | Shortstop |
| Nelson Briles | Pitcher |
| Red Schoendienst | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
August 21, 1969
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Briles
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gagliano scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Briles
Tolan hits a line drive into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Briles
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Merritt
Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Merritt
Flood strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Merritt
Pinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stewart settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Briles
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon juggles the ball. That's an error on Shannon. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bench vs. Briles
Bench strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Briles
May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gagliano fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stewart vs. Briles
Stewart hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gagliano settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Merritt
Torre hits a popup towards short. Woodward settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Merritt
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarver vs. Merritt
McCarver hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gagliano vs. Merritt
Gagliano hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stewart scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodward vs. Briles
Woodward hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merritt vs. Briles
Merritt hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarver settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Briles
Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tolan vs. Briles
Tolan strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Merritt
Maxvill hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Briles vs. Merritt
Briles strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Merritt
Brock hits a popup towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Briles
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Briles
Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Briles
Bench hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Briles
There's a wild pitch. Bench moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
May vs. Briles
May hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. May reaches second base with a double. Bench scores. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stewart vs. Briles
Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Merritt
Flood takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pinson vs. Merritt
Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stewart fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torre vs. Merritt
Torre hits a line drive into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shannon vs. Merritt
Shannon takes first base on ball four. Pinson moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCarver vs. Merritt
McCarver hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodward vs. Briles
Woodward hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merritt vs. Briles
Merritt hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Briles
Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gagliano vs. Merritt
Gagliano hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Merritt
Maxvill hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Briles vs. Merritt
Briles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brock vs. Merritt
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stewart fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Briles moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Flood vs. Merritt
Flood hits a popup towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Briles
Tolan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Briles
Johnson bunts towards the mound. Briles fields it and throws to first for the out. Tolan moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Perez vs. Briles
Perez is walked intentionally. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bench vs. Briles
Bench hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Briles
May hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Briles
Stewart hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gagliano settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Merritt
Pinson bunts towards the right side of the infield. Stewart fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torre vs. Merritt
Torre hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Merritt
Shannon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarver vs. Merritt
McCarver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Shannon moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gagliano vs. Merritt
Gagliano hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Shannon moves to third. McCarver moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Browne vs. Merritt
Byron Browne pinch hits for Dal Maxvill.
Merritt spins and fires to second, with Woodward covering, and McCarver is picked off. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Browne vs. Merritt
Browne strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodward vs. Briles
Byron Browne now playing right field. Steve Huntz now playing shortstop. Vada Pinson now playing center field.
Woodward strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merritt vs. Briles
Merritt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gagliano scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Briles
Rose takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tolan vs. Briles
There goes Rose. The throw from McCarver and he is out, Huntz applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nossek vs. Merritt
Joe Nossek pinch hits for Nelson Briles.
Nossek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brock vs. Merritt
Brock hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Huntz vs. Merritt
Huntz hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pinson vs. Merritt
Pinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nossek moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Torre vs. Granger
Wayne Granger now pitching.
Torre hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nossek scores. Pinson moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Shannon vs. Granger
Shannon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stewart settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Grant
Mudcat Grant now pitching.
Tolan hits a fly ball into right field. Browne settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Grant
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Browne settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Grant
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gagliano scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarver vs. Granger
Chico Ruiz now playing second base. Jimmy Stewart now playing left field.
McCarver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gagliano vs. Granger
Gagliano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCarver moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Browne vs. Granger
Browne is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Davalillo vs. Jackson
Vic Davalillo pinch hits for Mudcat Grant. Al Jackson now pitching.
Davalillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ruiz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Hoerner
Joe Hoerner now pitching.
Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Huntz misplays the ball. That's an error on Huntz. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Hoerner
May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Huntz fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stewart vs. Hoerner
Stewart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. May moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Woodward vs. Hoerner
Woodward hits a ball on the ground towards short. Huntz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. May moves to third. Stewart moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Jackson vs. Hoerner
Jackson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. May scores. There goes Stewart trying to get to home. Browne throws the ball in to McCarver who tags Stewart who's trying to score from second, for the out. That run is unearned. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Jackson
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brock for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Huntz vs. Jackson
Huntz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Jackson
Pinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ruiz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/21/1969 -- Cincinnati at St.Louis (N)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Rose P, rf 3 0 1 0 Brock L, lf 5 0 1 0
Tolan B, cf 4 1 1 0 Flood C, cf 2 0 0 0
Johnson A, lf 3 0 0 0 Huntz S, ss 2 0 0 0
Ruiz C, 2b 0 0 0 0 Pinson V, rf-cf 5 1 2 0
Perez T, 3b 3 1 0 0 Torre J, 1b 4 1 2 3
Bench J, c 4 2 2 3 Shannon M, 3b 3 0 2 0
May L, 1b 4 1 1 1 McCarver T, c 4 0 2 0
Stewart J, 2b-lf 4 0 1 0 Gagliano P, 2b 4 0 1 0
Woodward W, ss 4 0 0 0 Maxvill D, ss 2 0 0 0
Merritt J, p 3 0 0 0 Browne B, ph-rf 2 0 0 0
Granger W, p 0 0 0 0 Briles N, p 2 0 1 0
Jackson A, p 1 0 1 1 Nossek J, ph 1 1 1 0
Grant M, p 0 0 0 0
Davalillo V, ph 1 0 0 0
Hoerner J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 5 7 5 37 3 12 3
Cincinnati 000 103 001 -- 5
St.Louis 000 002 100 -- 3
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt J (W) 6.2 9 3 3 2 3
Granger W 0.2 3 0 0 0 1
Jackson A (S) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Briles N (L) 7.0 5 4 4 2 3
Grant M 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Hoerner J 1.0 2 1 0 0 0
E -- Shannon M, Huntz S
DP -- Cincinnati 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 4, St.Louis 9
2B -- May L
HR -- Bench J, Torre J
CS -- Rose P
SH -- Johnson A
WP -- Briles N
T -- 2:19
A -- 24836
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